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July 21, 2012
C. BATTERY CHECK
Check batteries once weekly. Check water level in starting batteries, house batteries and
generator battery. All battery exterior surfaces should be dry and free of corrosion. All
wire terminals should be tightly fastened. If there is significant corrosion or evidence of
failing wires, please notify AYC.
1) Use rubber gloves to prevent acid burns on your hands. Wash the gloves with soap
and water when done to prevent acid getting on other objects.
2) For all batteries that need water,
add distilled water only
(USE BATTERY FILLER
ONLY) until the water comes up to touch the bottom of the split ring. Wipe up all
excess water that spills with paper towel and make sure to dispose of the paper towel
in a plastic bag.
3) All batteries are in the lazarette. The
house
batteries are 8 golf cart style 6 volt
batteries (two per battery box) located on the starboard side of the lazarette. The
engine starter batteries are 2 @ 8D : 12 volt per engine with those for the starboard
engine on the starboard side and two located on the port side for the port engine and
generator in the lazarette.
The flybridge dingy davit draws 12volts off the outboard 8D on the port battery bank
and has a safety manual disconnect switch just forward of that battery. There is also
a 105 Volt snap breaker (red Button) located forward of the bulkhead adjacent to that
battery, visible under the Webasto heater near the hull from the engine room side.
4) The generator uses the port side engine start batteries.
NOTE: the inverter system will charge the house
batteries. A separate battery charger charges the start
batteries.
D. STARTING and STOPPING MAIN ENGINES
After your engine room check, you are ready to start main engines.
NOTE: the KEYs are used to turn on the starter motors and start the engines and
also to stop the engines.
Start the engines by turning each key clockwise.
Stop the
engines by turning key counterclockwise.
Note: Diesel engines run by compression of the fuel not by a spark plug. When you
engage the ignition switches, you are engaging the starter motor and are turning on a fuel
valve which allows the engine be started and to run. They will continue to run until fuel
